Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ELATERITES
Noun
elaterites
plural of elaterite
Source: Wiktionary
ELATERITE
El"a*ter*ite, n. (Min.)
Definition: A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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